Last month, I wrote about concerns among some — but obviously not all — residents along New Scotland Avenue over plans for another alcohol-serving restaurant/tavern in the neighborhood. That restaurant, The Beer Belly, has since won approval from the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals. The Beer Belly will take the place of a photo-development shop […]
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Quick update: The ZBA passed on voting on The Beer Belly’s special use permits Wednesday night, apparently to give the topic more thought. “Petitions are coming in left and right, from both sides,” said Brad Glass, an Albany city planner. Getting a strong reaction to today’s column, which is about a rapidly changing block of […]
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